Texturing 3D Prints for Strength!

What do a folded piece of paper and the new texturing tool for 3D prints in IdeaMaker have in common? Texturing 3D prints is a cool new feature to add a unique look to your parts but in my opinion even more importantly can add quite some strength to prints and will allow you to generate shapes that were hardly possible before, due to warping.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Texturing
01:30 Bead Patterns
02:40 Bead Patterns for 3D Prints
03:30 Why 3D prints warp
04:50 Texturing in IdeaMaker
06:44 Pattern Science
07:17 Texturing to reduce warping
08:37 Texturing for strength
09:00 Summary

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[CNCKitchen]

Textured or smooooth? What's your preference?
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[skylerockspecial]

Addition to the “here” montage: folding pizza slightly so that the tip doesn’t fall down

[stevenclark]

You know you're going to have to build a thin-wall stiffness testing rig now.

[mibel]

Oh man Stefan what would the Community do without you? That was awesome again, Thank you!

[thenamelessone]

I'm sorry but that tape example at 3:30 is GENIUS!!!!

[fredwupkensoppel]

Since you made dozens of videos already analyzing methods to strengthen 3D printed parts, I think it's time for a summary (maybe you could turn this into a yearly thing). Would be nice to have one singular video to reference when planning a print :D

[VorpalGun]

How are the mechanical properties of the print with the "subscribe" pattern? I'm slightly disappointed that you didn't test that. ;-)

[marsgizmo]

wonderful video 👌😎 Slicer features like these will significantly improve the printed parts

[bogboydigiorno]

2:30 when the teacher is calling names for attendance, but you're the only person present

[vizionthing]

its not any kind of gimmick, having had vase warping issues over the last week its handy to find this info, also really cool to see the Voron at work.

[zefellowbud]

I love how 3d printing still has so MUCH improvement to go the future possible with it seems almost endless.
I cant wait for what more development people create for it

[mrmagic_man]

Ich finde es immer wieder erstaunlich wie gut und anschaulich du Probleme oder neue Möglichkeiten analysierst und erklärst. Tolles Video :) mach weiter so

[dogzer]

Patterns to achieve more strength. I had no idea that this concept existed! Very nice.

[InformatrIIcks]

Stefan : spends 10 mins explaining that texturing can be game changing
Also Stefan : "do you think texturing is helpful ?" 😂

[aminzayani]

OMG! this experiment was literally on my todo list this week! Thank you for doing it and saving me a ton of time Stefan <3

[cmyk]

As someone whose meager 3D modeling knowledge comes from a video game development and computer graphics standpoint, it’s interesting that this method for adding rigidity and reducing warping is very similar to the idea of “bump maps”, which take simple polygonal models and make them appear detailed by simulating bumpy surfaces using a bitmap!

[matthewbal]

Great video! Really stunning quality as always. The time spent editing and getting shots is certainly worth your time, it makes these videos so engaging.

[robbinkoot]

The prints of your voron look great! Would love to see more of it!

[scottjackson]

This is how I’ve been making project enclosures. I use it exactly like extruded aluminum cases. The body of the case, which is what usually would take the longest to print, is printed in vase mode using 0.8 line width. Vertical lines give it stability while also letting me slot in a component sled. The end caps have grooves in them for the body. I’ve also figured out a way to print vents and screw holes for the end caps. All in vase mode.

[devluz]

Would be interesting to try a perlin noise / randomised pattern. This should also help to distribute stresses that come from more regular repeating patterns. It should also give a more natural surface texture.